"It's not a question of redefining Bond but taking it somewhere it's never been before.
"It's a huge challenge and I think life is all about challenges.
" It's one of the big ones as an actor. Bond is a hugely iconic figure in movie history.
"These things don't come along very often, so why not?"
Producers spent two years looking for their new Bond and saw more than 200 actors , ruling out the likes of Colin Farrell, Clive Owen, Hugh Jackman and ER's Goran Visjnic.
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